Evaluation of inciting causes, alternative targets, and risk factors associated with redirected aggression in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 586-589

  Amat, Marta ^a   Manteca, Xavier ^a   Le Brech, Susana ^b   Ruiz De La Torre, José Luis ^a   Mariotti, Valentina M ^a   Fatjó, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 50449086759     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.4.586     Document Type: Article

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